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Carolina tiger beetle - Tetracha carolina
Copyright © 2006 Gretchen Grammer

Carolina tiger beetle - Tetracha carolina
Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve/ Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA
July 5, 2006
Size: 17 mm
Found trapped in water.
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Contributed by Gretchen Grammer on 5 July, 2006 - 1:14pm
Last updated 10 August, 2006 - 11:18am

OMG!
That is the most beautiful Tiger beetle I have ever seen! Too bad it was found trapped in water!
… Brittanie Christina McCormack, 5 July, 2006 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Alive!
It was alive when I found it; I let it go after I took the photo.
… Gretchen Grammer, 6 July, 2006 - 9:05am login or register to post comments

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